Date: 10/7/26 6:18 am From: Kirk Elwell <gentilisfinder...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
Also had the one at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA in 2020!
How long do they live??
K.
Kirk S Elwell
East Kingston, NH.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 8:48 AM Fausto Sterling, Anne <
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> I wonder if this is “our” Wellfleet crested Caracara that has been here at
> Duck Harbor for over a month? Finally on the move to a less wintry spot?
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
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>> thanks to Allen Mireles for this report.
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>> Barbara Volkle
>> Northborough,MA
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>> Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
>> Tue, 6 Oct 2026 22:16:30 -0400
>> Allen Mireles <allen...>
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>> ... I thought you might be interested in our sighting. I have reported
>> this to eBird.
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>> Today at 10:26 AM, we saw a Crested Caracara in the Salisbury Beach
>> Reservation. We watched it hunt, then swoop down into the salt marsh and
>> return with something in its beak. It flew into a tree nearby, and I got
>> a photograph, which I have attached to this email. (massird doesn't
>> allow images)
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>> I wasn't able to get the white markings on the wings and tail, but we
>> saw them when it was flying around us. looks like it caught a mouse or
>> rat.
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>> Thought you would appreciate knowing.
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>> Allen
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>> Allen Mireles (she/her)
>> Consultant/Writer
>> Allen Mireles Consulting, LLC
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>> 167 Elm Street, Unit C, Salisbury, MA 01952
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